Uganda seizes massive ivory and pangolin haul

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POLICE in Dar es Salaam are holding eight Iranians and four Pakistanis over possession of 201 kilogrammes of heroin, which they were smuggling into the country from Iran. The Head of Anti-Narcotics Unit, Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police (SACP) ...
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Tanzanian Police Arrest Iranians, Pakistanis Over Massive Drug Haul
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DAR ES SALAAM,TANZANIA, Feb 5 (BERNAMA-NNN-DAILYNEWS) -- POLICE in Dar es Salaam are holding eight Iranians and four Pakistanis over possession of 201 kilogrammes of heroin, which they were smuggling into the country from Iran. The Head of ...
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Aussie Navy Destroys Massive Heroin Haul In Middle East
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MELBOURNE, Feb 8 (Bernama) -- The Australian Navy has seized and destroyed heroin estimated to have a street value of more than A$700 million as part of a security mission in the Middle East. The Australian Associated Press reports that HMAS ...
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Two people are being held by police in Tanzania after the seizure of a consignment of illegal ivory at Dar es Salaam port, officials say.

Customs officials in Thailand say they have made the biggest seizure of smuggled ivory in the country's history, as Jonathan Head reports.

It took only 10 minutes – between 7.30pm and 7.40pm – on July 5 for three Chinese nationals to cart through Julius Nyerere International Airport eight travel bags concealing ivory worth over Sh826 million, The Citizen can exclusively reveal today.

Police in Togo say they have arrested three men after finding nearly two tons of ivory in a container destined for Vietnam.

Kenya's government says it has seized illegal ivory from at least 114 elephants in the port city of Mombasa, its biggest find this year.

Police in Togo discover a container holding more than two tonnes of ivory destined for Vietnam, the second such find in a week.